âCell-Based Meats disrupting Plant-Based Meatsâ â Memphis Meats raises $161M. Delta shares $1.6B of profits. GM launches a true robocar.
Delta unveiled the biggest corporate bonus plan ever, so weâre looking at its Return On Investment strategy (Happy flight attendants = Happy fliers). GM unveiled a robocar that reaches Level 5 on the ...
23 Jan 202018min
âAmazon is turning your palmprint into a credit cardâ â Amazonâs new payment method. Uberâs âname your own price.â PetMed Expressâ aging dogs.
Amazon is pursuing a new feature to sell to retail stores to take on Apple Pay â Weâre talking âpay by handâ (and weâre calling it âAmazon Handâ). Uberâs whipping up a âname your own priceâ idea for d...
22 Jan 202018min
ââMealkittingâ never became a verbâ â HelloFresh vs Blue Apron. Signet Jewelersâ 40% surge â Microsoft pulls a Sierra Club
Weâve got a new #1 in the US meal kit market â HelloFresh is beating Blue Apron (even though mealkitting may be in trouble). Zales/Kay/Jaredâs owner Signet Jewelers watched its stock pop 40% last week...
21 Jan 202017min
âPeacock is the 761st streaming serviceâ â Gap wonât spinoff Old Navy. NBC reveals Peacock. China weaponizes the wallet
Shares of the Gap pop 5% on word itâs doing the opposite of what it planned to do â itâs no longer spinning off Old Navy, its best-performing brand. NBC reveals the details of Peacock, but itâs acting...
17 Jan 202016min
âBaby Yoda is Build-a-Bearâs Rudy momentâ â Build-A-Bear jumps 14%. Califia Farmsâ fund raise. Phase 1 trade deal
We finally got to see what was actually in the Phase 1 trade deal that was just signed. We noticed Build-A-Bear shares popped 14% because itâs working on what Hasbro canât: A Baby Yoda doll. And Calif...
16 Jan 202017min
âHalf of America has a Chase accountâ â JP Morganâs record profit. Visa acquires Plaid. BlackRock fights climate
Itâs big bank earnings season, so we went financial on this one. JPMorgan Chase apparently covers half of America, which led to its record profit (more than the value of 2 Lyfts). Visa dropped $5.3B t...
15 Jan 202016min
âCasper is the Peloton of Slumber, not the Nike of Sleepâ â Casperâs IPO. 23andMeâs transition. Primo Waterâs acquisition.
We slept on the Casper IPO documents released over the weekend, then realized they spent $80M just dealing with mattress returns last year. 23andMe hits a new corporate milestone â treating diseases w...
14 Jan 202018min
âSweetgreen is the most innovative company in foodâ â Hershey. Quibi. Sweetgreen
Quibi raises (another) $400M to create a new âeraâ (their words) beyond video streaming. Sweetgreen gets a profile in the NYT, and we think it may be the most innovative company in food right now. And...
13 Jan 202018min
